Model T's to War: American Ambulances on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Between 1914 and 1917 - prior to the United States' entry into World War I - more than 3,000 American volunteers, paying their own passage, set sail for France to aid the war effort. MODEL T's TO WAR focuses on the valiant work of the American Field Service, ambulance sections assigned to help the French Army in its fight against German forces. These young men drove Ford-built Model T's to the frontlines and saw their greatest glory in the battle of Verdun in 1916, when Field Service ambulances transported more than 250,000 wounded. D

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Yanks Fight The Kaiser: A National Guard Division in WWI
YANKS FIGHT THE KAISER: A NATIONAL GUARD DIVISION IN WWI employs archival photographs, silent movies, period newsreels and German war footage to piece together the story of one National Guard unit's contributions to the "War to End all Wars." The 26th "Yankee" Division, comprised of citizen-soldiers from all six New England states, arrived in France in the fall of 1917, ill-equipped and untrained. Their previous combat experience took place on the Mexican border, where they tried - unsuccessfully - to defeat Pancho Villa's army. D

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Moyers & Company"Ending The Silence On Climate Change"
Even as sadness turns to outrage over the Newtown tragedy, and powerful coalitions of leaders and celebrities speak out, those who value guns over lives continue unfazed and unabated. On the next Moyers & Company (check local listings), Bill reports on how the NRA and gun merchants continue to strong-arm Congress and state legislatures into keeping any and all discussion of sensible gun control off the table. Also on the show, remember climate change? For the first time since 1984, the issue didn't even come up in a presidential debate. D